CAPE is a community-based, provider of specialist mental health support that seeks to maximise a person’s strengths. Our strengths-based model of working enables clients to:

Have hope about the future and enjoy life more.

Be an active participant in their life rather than a passive observer of it.

Achieve understanding, self-acceptance and have a sense of purpose and meaning.

Take a forward-thinking approach to life by taking control of the decisions that affect them.

Actively cope with problems and difficulties rather than ignoring them or adjusting to them.

CAPE’s strength-based model ensures our work is future focused interventions that not only respond to the current level of need and past circumstances but aims to leave the individual and their networks stronger in the future.

We make sure we do not provide premature interventions, which take over from peoples natural support structures increasing the risk of isolation, creating dependency, and providing ‘solutions’ that do not enable the individual to achieve their personal strength-based outcomes, but which instead, superficially ‘patch’ the problem or presenting need.

Strength based recovery is active coping rather than passive adjustment. Recovery means learning to make decisions and choices that are real, taking risks in order to experience growth, and assuming personal responsibility Our team help people challenge notions of disability and personal limits; they will support the person’s passion and work with dreams and goals, understanding that failure and setbacks are a normal part of living and learning.

We work with a diverse group of adults living with mental health needs and associated challenges, particularly individuals who experience disorders of psychosis, depression, anxiety and trauma as well as individuals with personality disorders. A minority of our clients have learning disabilities (often undiagnosed). Others are on the autistic spectrum.

We provide a suite of services that encompasses both group therapy and health and wellbeing psychoeducational groups, employment and training, education and advice. We work out of two premises, one in Acton, the other in Ealing, as well as working in the community via our outreach service and the women’s wellness zone in Southall.

Key responsibilities

Working within the CAPE team, the outreach part of your role will involve you providing intensive 1:1 outreach support to a caseload of clients living throughout the London Borough of Ealing. Your Recovery Point role will involve you delivering both psychoeducational and therapeutic groups, including Interpersonal Effectiveness Therapy and Compassion-Focussed Therapy for Psychosis, two group therapy formats that vary from 12-16 weeks in duration.

The role of Psychological Support Worker is a fundamental role within our mental health team. CAPE clients come from diverse backgrounds; they are vulnerable and have very complex needs, often with associated difficulties such as alcohol or drug abuse. It is a challenging environment; many of our clients suffer with chronic long-term and enduring mental illness.

The promotion of equality of opportunity is paramount within our work and we strongly promote the right for our clients to have full access to a variety of learning, housing, leisure, health, employment and training opportunities which improve social functioning and overall psychological wellbeing.

You will be expected to build relationships with clients that increase confidence and trust, enabling clients to feel safe and interested in building meaningful pursuits and relationships into their life, and regaining/fostering new skills and talents. We provide wide-ranging support and advice around crisis resolution, housing issues, travel training, budgeting, benefits, adult education and training access, and signposting to other relevant services.

Core Responsibilities

Management of a caseload of outreach clients who you will visit in their own homes or out in the community

Providing support to CAPE clients who access our CAPE Recovery Point and CAPE Central services.

Building and maintaining relationships with clients with complex mental health needs such that they can build on their strengths and lead more rewarding lives.

Delivering regular 12-16 week programmes of Interpersonal Effectiveness Therapy and Compassion-Focussed Therapy for Psychosis, and monitoring the effectiveness of such interventions.

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